An ascent of Pico Duarte, the highest mountain in the Dominican Republic

An ascent of Pico Duarte, the highest mountain in the Dominican Republic

This is the second of two posts about our recent visit to the mountainous island of Hispaniola. In the first post, I introduced you to the Dominican Republic, and how we came to trek there. In this post, I describe our assault on Pico Duarte (3,101m), La Pelona (3,095m) and La Rusilla (3,040m), the three highest mountains in the Caribbean.

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